Ambulance cot cover



y 1950 D. M. HARBAUGH 2,513,479

AMBULANCE COT COVER Filed Nov. 25, 1947 2 Shets-Sheet 1 J y 1950 D. M. HARBAUGH 2,513,479

AMBULANCE COT COVER Filed Nov. 25, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Dorothy M. Harbaugh INVENTOR.

Patented July 4, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AMBULANCE cor COVER Dorothy M. Harb augh, Mansfield, Ohio v Application November 25, 1947, Serial No. 787,963

v.1 Claim. (01. 135-52) This invention relates to improvements and structural refinements in covers for cots or.

stretchers, particularly those used in ambulances, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device of the type herein described, such as may be conveniently and eifectively employed in association with such cots or stretchers for the purpose of protecting the person thereon from excessive heat, cold, or other adverse atmospheric conditions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cot cover which is of an extensible and collapsible nature, so to speak, so that it may be easily folded nd stored when it is not being used.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cot cover which is Simple in construction, pleas ing in appearance and which wil1 not interfere to a great extent with the placing of a person upon the cot, and similarly, the removal of such person from the cot.

An additional object of the invention is to provide the cot cover which will readily lend itself to economical manufacture and which is otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

With the above more important objects in view and such other objects as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the construction and arrangement of parts as shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention in its extended position.

Figure 2 is a perspective view thereof in a collapsed position.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of the cover shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4. is a cross sectional view, taken substantially in the plane of the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the modified form of the invention, the same being shown extended, and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the cover shown in Figure 5, but illustrating the same as being collapsed.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, more particularly to Figures 1-4, inclusively, the invention consists of a cot cover designated generally by the reference character ID, the same being invented for use with a conventional ambulance cot or stretcher indicated by the phantom lines I I.

The cover In embodies in its construction a longitudinally extensible and collapsible frame I 2 which includes a pair of side members [3 and a plurality of cross bars I4, each of the side members I3 being formed by a series of crossed metal straps I5, l6, which are pivotally connected together as at I! and 18.

The cross bars M are provided with angulated end portions I9 which are attached to the straps l5, 16 by some of the pivots 18, whereby the two side members l3 are secured together and held in spaced parallel relation, as will be clearly apparent from the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that the straps US are some- What longer with respect to the straps l5, whereby one end portion of the frame [2 is relatively enlarged, this of course, being adapted to accommodate the head of the occupant of the cot or the stretcher.

A jacket 20 formed from fabric or from some other flexible material covers the frame l2, the jacket including a pair of side walls 2|, a continuous top and end wall 2, and a continuous foot panel, top wall portion and face shield 23.

Suitable fastening means, such as for example, snap-on fasteners 24 are employed for separably attaching the various wall members of the jacket 20 to the frame l2, the fasteners 24 being preferably positioned at the upper ends of the straps l5, [6 in coincidence with the pivot connections 18. Moreover, further fasteners 25 may be used for attaching the foot portion of the wall member 23 to the frame, while additional fasteners 26 are used for similarly attaching the face panel portion of the wall member 23 to the top wall member 22, as will be clearly apparent.

As is best shown in Figures 1 and 3, the face pane1 portion of the wall member 23 is provided with a transparent panel 21 for the convenience of the patient and also, to facilitate observation of the patient by the attendant.

The end straps of the frame l2 are equipped with suitable hooks 28 which extend downwardly from the frame and are adapted to separably engage the cot or stetcher I l, whereby the entire cover is held in position on the cot.

When the invention is placed in use, the cover is extended as shown in Figures 1 and 3 and is fastened to the stretcher or cot H, by means of the hooks 28, whereupon after unfastening the wall member 23, the patient may be applied to or removed from the stretcher with convenience.

When the invention is not used it may be simply detached from the cot or stretcher and collapsed in an accordion fashion as shown in Figure 2, which, of course, is facilitated by the provision of the extensible and collapsible frame l2 as will be readily appreciated.

Referring now to the modified embodiment of the invention as shown in the accompanying Figures 5 and 6, the same is designated generally by the reference character 40 and is adapted for use in association with a conventional stretcher or cot 4! already equipped with a hood 42.

In this instance, the structure of the cover 40 is substantially similar to that of the cover I D, but the cover 40 is not enlarged at one end thereof since the hood 42 is already provided on. the stretcher.

However, the cover 40 does include in its construction a face panel 43 equipped" with a trans,- parent window 44, this panel :being intended to fit the hood 42, substantially as shown.

The cover 40 as well as the face panel 43 are separably attached to the cot by any suitable fasteners, as, exemplified in the accompanying drawings by the snap-on fasteners 45 and :by a slide fastener 46. As will be observed, the face panel 43 including Window M may be rolled 4 tion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departin from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the claimed as new is: I

In an ambulance cot cover, the combination of a frame including a pair of spaced parallel side members each consisting of pairs of crossed stra'ps pivoted. together at their, points of crossing, thestraps in each pair havin free lower ends pivotally connected to corresponding ends invention, what is of. the straps in adjacent pairs, 2. set of cross members extending between said side members,

pivot elements connecting the ends of said cross .members to free upper ends of said straps and connecting the upper ends of the straps in one adjacent pairs, and a jacket of flexible material secured to and covering said frame, the straps at one end of said frame being longer than the remaining straps whereby an end portion of the cover is substantially enlarged.

DOROTHY M. HARBAUGH.

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